Same Spelling Different Sound Worksheet
How to say it (Learn the word, not just the letters): ea: long ee (eat, sea), short e (bread, head), or ay (great, break). oo: long (food, moon), short (book, good), or uh (blood, flood). ough: uff (tough), oh (though), aw (thought), oo (through).
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- 1.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) breakfast (b) break (c) sweater
- 2.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) steak (b) bread (c) heavy
- 3.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) food (b) book (c) hook
- 4.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) dough (b) enough (c) tough (d) rough
- 5.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “clean”? (a) health (b) meat (c) weather
- 6.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) beach (b) weather (c) ready (d) bread
- 7.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) although (b) through (c) rough
- 8.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) bought (b) although (c) dough (d) though
- 9.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) dough (b) although (c) tough
- 10.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “moon”? (a) good (b) blood (c) boot
- 11.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dream (b) break (c) speak (d) clean
- 12.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) bread (b) beach (c) peach
- 13.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “hook”? (a) spoon (b) good (c) school
- 14.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) eat (b) break (c) great (d) steak
- 15.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) pool (b) blood (c) good
- 16.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) team (b) steak (c) sea
- 17.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) beach (b) speak (c) feather (d) seat
- 18.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) sea (b) dream (c) clean (d) dead
- 19.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) thought (c) rough (d) tough
- 20.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “eat”? (a) ready (b) beach (c) bread
- 21.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) bought (b) tough (c) through
- 22.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sea”? (a) meat (b) steak (c) head
- 23.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) great (b) sea (c) dead
- 24.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) eat (b) team (c) great
- 25.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) boot (b) wood (c) foot (d) look
- 26.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “goose”? (a) wool (b) spoon (c) book
- 27.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “school”? (a) look (b) wood (c) food
- 28.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “team”? (a) teach (b) feather (c) head
- 29.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “book”? (a) school (b) good (c) moon
- 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) break (c) steak (d) seat
- 31.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) sweater (b) great (c) team
- 32.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “book”? (a) food (b) pool (c) wood
- 33.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “cook”? (a) wool (b) blood (c) goose
- 34.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) goose (b) spoon (c) moon (d) wood
- 35.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “food”? (a) book (b) moon (c) look
- 36.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) moon (b) hook (c) foot
- 37.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dream”? (a) great (b) feather (c) teach
- 38.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) pool (b) blood (c) flood
- 39.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) tough (b) thought (c) though
- 40.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) dough (b) brought (c) fought
Answer key
- break
- steak
- food
- dough
- meat
- beach
- rough
- bought
- tough
- boot
- break
- bread
- good
- eat
- blood
- steak
- feather
- dead
- thought
- beach
- tough
- meat
- great
- great
- boot
- spoon
- food
- teach
- good
- seat
- great
- wood
- wool
- wood
- moon
- moon
- teach
- pool
- though
- dough
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